11-pound rock hits driver in head, causes crash

A driver who crashed into a building in Walker this morning is hospitalized.

Andrew Krietz , WZZM4:10 PM. EDT October 17, 2016

A 48-year-old Grand Rapids man is seriously hurt after an 11-pound rock fell through his windshield, causing him to crash. Police are looking for the driver a white truck seen leaving the area as the rock might have fallen from it. (Photo: Walker Police Department)

WALKER, MICH. - Police determined an 11-pound rock from the back of a semi-truck crashed though a driver's windshield, causing him to crash his vehicle.

Rescuers responded just after 8:50 a.m. Monday, Oct. 17, to the scene south of Turner Avenue and West River Drive NW, where a man was found unconscious.

The man, identified as a 48-year-old Grand Rapids resident, crashed into a power pole and swiped a building, according to a news release. An 11-pound rock, about 8x7 inches, hit him in the head just prior to the crash.

It's believed it fell from a white non-sleeper cab semi-truck with a black dump trailer traveling southbound on Turner Avenue.

Anyone with more information is asked to contact the Walker Police Department.